> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/11/23 Thu PM 04:33:00 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: AW: K10D and Sigma DG500 Super > > mike wilson wrote: > > >> From: Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Right, but anyway it works differently on the K100D, D/DS/DL and K10D > >> otherwise there wouldn't have been any problem. > >> > >> It does not change the fact the Sigma is crappily reverse engineering > the PTTL. > > > >Crappily? In what way? It can't even start until it gets hold of an > >example and I suspect that OEMs will not be bending over > >backwards to supply Sigma with one before official release. I > >seem to remember a thread here, some time ago, where other > >manufacturers were lambasted for slightly altering specifications, > >thus making third party equipment malfunction. > > I wouldn't go so far as to accuse Pentax of deliberately making things > difficult for third-party manufacturers, but they certainly don't go > out of their way to make it easy. I suppose there's no incentive for > them to, really.
_Whatever_ Pentax is doing (and I wasn't suggesting that it has been malicious in any way), third parties have to obtain an original and then reverse engineer. Flash protocol is probably one of the easier jobs. But then there are all the difficulties of getting that version into production and making sure that owners of previous versions are given their upgrades (which I think is a pleasant bit of forward thinking on their part) before the next little stumbling block comes their way. I just don't see where "crappily" comes into it. That would be if the third party accessory didn't work as advertised. I assume digital protocols make it far easier for OEMs to put little pitfalls in the way of third parties. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
